Grains with Plum and lemon

Prepare 3 cups of grain of choice.
Quinoa or couscous would be good.

Into the cooking water add
8 Italian prune plums, pitted and diced

After cooking add
Zest of 1 small organic lemon
3 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

Serve hot or at room temperature.

Roasted Italian Prune Plums

We have a  bag of purple prune plums and here is a delicious way to use them. This was excellent with  dinner as an accompaniment to a slice of the bean loaf and some sweet potato and green beans. These roasted plums would also be good as a topping on cooked cereal, or any cooked. grain.

Preheat oven to 425 F

12 prune plums, pitted and sliced
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/8 cup water 
 
Lay sliced plums in a  baking dish. Combine sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and sprinkle over plums. Drizzle water on top. Toss gently. Cover with foil and roast for 20 minutes.

Corn and Oat Chowder

Makes 6 servings

1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup onions, diced
1 cup celery, chopped
2 1/2 cups water
10 package frozen corn
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp dried tarragon
1/2 tsp dried basil
1 small bay leaf
2/3 cups rolled oats
2 cups soy or rice milk

Saute onion, garlic and celery in a little water in soup pot. Add Water, corn and spices and bring to a boil. Stir in oats and, reduce heat to simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Stir in soy or rice milk and heat through sirring constantly. Do not boil.

Discard bay leaf before serving.

Hummus

16 ounces rinsed chickpeas
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup oat bran

In a blender, or food processor, combine all but the oat bran. Blend until smooth.  Spoon  into a bowl and stir in oat bran. Mix well. Cover and chill.

Potato Oat Pancakes

Makes 18 3" pancakes

In food processor add,

2 large washed, unpeeled potatoes, cut into cubes
1 small onion, quartered
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
3/4 cup rolled oats

Process until smooth ,and let sit 15 minutes.

Pre-heat non stick skillet and drop mixture into pan and cook pancakes until brown, turning carefully.

Per pancake
42 calories
1 g protein
0 g fat
9g carbohydrate
75 mg sodium
0 g cholesterol
1 g fibre

Bean Loaf - Great as a pate, cold or warm

Preheat oven to 350 F, and line a 4 x 8 loaf pan with parchment paper, or grease well.

In food processor add;

1 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup water
1 pound, canned , rinsed White beans (Great Northern, navy, butter)
1 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup diced onion
2 tablespoons oat bran
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp each dried oregano, basil m thyme , sage
salt to taste

Process until smooth and pour in loaf pan. Bake 60 minutes or until firm and slightly puffy. Loaf will settle on cooling. Eat warm, cold, spread on crackers or bread, in wraps.

For convenience we use a frozen diced mix of carrot,celery and onion from the grocer's. Makes this recipe even easier : )

 6 servings

Per Serving
160calories
9 g protein
1 g fat
29 g carbohydrate
19 mg sodium
0 mg cholesterol
7 g fibre